Members of UCLA women’s water polo stand at the side of the pool. The team earned a No. 2 seed for this year’s NCAA tournament. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 9 at 7:16 a.m.
After an overtime loss in the MPSF finals, reigning national champion and No. 2 seed UCLA (19-5, 5-1 MPSF) heads into the NCAA tournament with a chance at its first back-to-back titles since 2009.
This post was updated May 8 at 10:23 p.m.
The Bruins entered their 2025 campaign not having made the NCAA tournament since 2022.
And for the first time in over five years, UCLA appeared destined to host its first regional since 2019, when it was 25-5 and a top-10 team in the country.
This post was updated May 8 at 9:48 p.m.
Men’s tennis
Badri Viswanathan, Daily Bruin contributor
The Trojans dealt the Bruins their fifth loss in six matches, 4-3 Feb.
This post was updated May 8 at 9:37 p.m.
Facing an unknown opponent is always a wild card.
There’s no way to know if a team has the chops to beat them until both squads are on the hardwood.
At a level of competition that brings out the best, overcoming each obstacle takes considerably more power, energy and grit than the last.
And with each challenge, the team is forced to look inside themselves and find out what type of competitors they truly are.
The Bruins run-ruled the Dirtbags in seven innings at Jackie Robinson Stadium about a month ago.
But in their rematch Tuesday at Blair Field in Long Beach, California, UCLA’s offense scored its fewest runs since April 18.
Despite falling short in the MPSF semifinals, No. 3 seed UCLA men’s volleyball (20-6, 10-2 MPSF) secured the second at-large bid in this week’s NCAA quarterfinals and will face No.
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